It seems that all heads of regional state administrations will indeed be presented in the regions by the end of this week. As an informed source told us, yesterday it was planned that this event would take place in Volyn today.

As reported by the press service of "Volynoblenergo," last year the average payment rate of household consumers was 99 percent. Industrial enterprises, the agricultural sector of Volyn, and local budget institutions fully paid for the electricity used in 2004.

– Volodymyr Nalkovych, what did you feel when you officially heard your surname in the Verkhovna Rada hall as the head of the regional state administration and walked to the "governors' box"?

– It was the end of winter 2001. Then in several regions it was decided to conduct an experiment to completely destroy the opposition, including in Volyn. There were statements by city and district heads in the media who condemned the activities of our party organization.

In 2004, Ukrainian exports of goods exceeded imports by 3,676.3 million dollars. This is reported by "Ukrainian News" with reference to the State Statistics Committee.

President Viktor Yushchenko intends to appoint Verkhovna Rada deputy Serhiy Sobolev as the President's permanent representative in the Rada. Yushchenko said this to "Ukrainian News." \n \nThe 43-year-old Sobolev is a member of the "Our Ukraine" faction and is a member of the Rada committee on legal policy.

The effectiveness of applying investments in Lutsk was considered at a meeting of the city executive committee's press club using the example of the joint venture "Modern Expo." Back in 1999, this enterprise was a small firm engaged in importing goods from Poland and selling them in Ukraine.

Various piquant stories about the former governor (and that is indeed what officials called themselves) are told by those who until recently hung on his every word.

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has lowered the level of rates recommended to commercial banks for deposits.

Law enforcement officers confiscated a record batch of narcotic raw material from Olha Zh., a resident of the village of Buzhkovychi in the Ivanychi district. The goods weighed 220 kilograms. Employees of the department for combating illicit drug trafficking had never had such a "catch" before.